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Human language is one of our most remarkable capacities. Trying to discover how this ability evolved is an extremely difficult challenge as spoken language has left no fossil remains. One way to approach this problem is to compare human communication to non-human primate communication. This allows us to identify elements of language that evolved a long time ago and are shared with other primates and those which are novel inventions that are unique to humans. Presented by Dr Katie Slocombe, University of York. Part of Manchester Science Festival and The Evolutionist, a Darwin extravaganza at The Manchester Museum.